The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-03-19

Mr.. Secson,o ssne out at 1923 o. M, and said
that no arrangements had rs yet been made for
tho fnnSr1il further than providing that they
should be oarri0d cut by Mr.. Hopper, Of Brook
lyn.
DIR. Scoric, he said. fnd noticed O change in
the patients condition ut $40 o. M. md sum-
moued all IN tho house TO the bedside, mo-
mentarily expecting his death, but he fingered
much longer Than had been anticipated. He
passed away gradually und almost impereept-
IDLY.
DRAWING HTS LAST DRRArH
without apparent Suffering or return TO con-
seriousness In nny degree. Mrs. Bcecher. said
Mr. Seccomb. bora up wonderfully and with
marvellous COURAGE
No crnpe was hung on the door. Mr.. Beeeher
having always objected to tho usc OF this nnd
the gloom assoeioted with II in the presence Of
death. Instead magnificent wreath Of flowcrs
hung from tho left side Of tho doorway at the
top Of the ssoop composed of rcd md white
roses nnd Lilies Of tho YullOy una tied up with
white satin.
At 1880 Il wos siven out that the funeral
would take piaco
In GREENWOOD ON THURSDAY MKT.
Somo time ngo Mr.. II. w. Sage, q member Of
Plymouth ChuIch. appropriated by will sum
OF money TO place . statue Of Mr.. Beccher In
Prospect Park, nfter his decease. Mr.. Quincy
Wood, the well known sculptor who is TO do the
work, will call OF the house in tho course Of the
day for the purpose Of making plaster cast Of
his foatures. 1t Ia not intended that any ex.
animation shah be made OF Mr.. Bocchers brain
organism.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE.
Henry Ward Boccher, who, two years ago w0s
pronounced by Gladstone ono Of the Ave truly
great men living. tho other four being, according
TO the grand old man. Victor Hugo, u. S. Grant,
RtSmnrCly Darwin IftchGeld
Conn.,, June ~, 1915 tho eighth child OF Lyman
and Roxann Fuoto Beechcr. The conver8ence
OF two long lines Of sturdy New England ances-
try is represented by tho union of these names
or his childhood period Mr.. Deechcr himself
says in his characteristic way.
II think w0s about rs well brought up as
most children, because was lot Alone My
father was so busy. and my mother had so many
other children 70 look after, that exocpt hero
and there, hardly came undor tho parental
hand ct oil was brought up In New Eng
land village. aud knew whero the sweet flag
was, where tie hickory trees were, whore the
chestnut trees wcrO, whero the s:sssafras trees
were, where the squirrels wore. where oil those
things wore that boys enterprise nfter; there
fore, I had world OF things to do; and SO did
not come much In contact with fnmily govern
ment."
His mother died whom no WAS but thTeo years
old. His devotion to her memory amounted to
a passion in after years. In one sermon he said
that no devout Catholic ever saw SO much In the
Virgin Mary Us he had scea in lis mother, who
had been presence to him ever since he could
remember. He began his education in u little
school kept by Widow KilbUurn, where the
idleness which generally prevailed was cmphn-
sized by the recital OF tho alphabet twice daily.
From here he went 10 tho district school,
At the age Of ten he was removed 10 the pri-
v,to school of tho Pow Mr. T.nngdON at Hpth.
lehen, and was then sent to Hartford, whcrc
his slater was tho head of young ladies' school.
There he was tho only boy among about forty
girls. When he was twelve years old the fami-
ly removed to Boston, and the whole current Of
his life was changed. Ho entered the Boston
Latin School, where the course OF study was re-
pulsiye and uncongenial to him. He aftcrwartl
said, in one of his sermons, that II he had not
been taken out of Boston in time nothing would
have prevented his going to destruction. Tho
boy, from reading books OF travel, hankersi after
81 kfo OF adventure. Under tho pretenso that u
training In mathematics ind navigation was
necessary. he was sent by his father tD Mount
Pleasant school, at Amhurst, Mass. There he
was under the special care of genial, manly
young teacher, between whom and the boy a
Arm friendship was corpacted. Uader the in.
struction OF this Mr.. Fitzgerald he madC
good progress In mathematics, and the
difficulties in his voice, its indistinctness and
thickness. were removed In great measure, by
course of elocution under Prof. j. u. Lowell
He Joined his fathers church in Boston, when
his dreams OF nnvnl ambition were merged into
aspirations to enter tho ministry. Two years oi
happiness OF nit. Pleasant followed. His
preparation was thorough, and he might have
entered the Sophomore but he Joined the Fresh
meh's class. He graduated In 1884 and Joined
his father at Cincinnati, where DR.. Beecher TO
moved some two yours before.
Ho next entered tho Lane Theological Sem
mary at Cincinnati, whore he conceived strong
attachment for Prof. c. e. Stowe, afserward the
husband Of his sister, Harriet. Old DR.. Lyman
was then professor In the seminary. The theo
logical views OF Henry Ward Mt this time can be
summod up In tho following sentence: "The
salvation OF humanity by Divine agency, through
tho salvation OF individuals, was to him tho
great end to DO obtained but the means 10 this
esd was problem, the complexity oi
which rendered him. as he ncared the close oi
his theological course, the victim OF deep dc
preston and doubt" After leaving college he
received call to Lawrenceburg, Ind. Thence
he WINS called to indianapolis where, with his
wife, whom he had married before leaving Gin
cinnati, he lived simple, wholesome life OF thu
mos, intense activity From indianapolis, aftel
eight yeaH Of happy ministry, he was called 4
plymouth Church, In Brooklyn. He began his
pastoral duties IN Orange street. Brooklyn. on
sunday morning, October ", i8l7.
Tho church 70 which Ar. BoecAer had been
called owed ~ origin 70 tive facts. II l6A8 there
were but thirty-nine shsrehes II Dssshiyu. {
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